Re: Last point

["Technician" <technician@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, what I meant by not being realistic is that, as far as we know, there
is no working ion drive spacecraft prototype in NASA's inventory.
:)
-----Original Message-----
From: DarkDAVE <darkdave3000@hotmail.com>
To: orbiter@firedrake.org <orbiter@firedrake.org>
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: Last point


>Sounds interesting! I'll have to read up on the centurion manual. So you
say
>it's not realistic? I am only interested in realistic models, even if it's
>hypothetical it can still be realistic if the manual indicate where all
that
>thrust and fuel come from and how it's produced in real life using real
>physics maths and models.
>
>I fully intend to make my own nuclear powered plasma drive ship my self
>(plasna druve us an ion drive that heats up the ions). And ill back up all
>the performance specs with a technical manual to indicate how it can work
in
>real life. I might have to use some of NASA's current designs for going to
>Mars.
>
>Just out of interest has anybody modeled the X-33 or the X-43A? The X-33
>program failed, but the X-43A as i recall is a scramjet/rocket hybird ship.
>
>Not sure if i can answer your question tho, ill leave it to some one else
to
>do so.
>
>David Ong
>
>
>> The Centurion 2069 ship I imported into Orbiter is set up for 'ion drive'
>> engines. Capable of velocities well over 250Kps. Atmospheric flight is
>> obtained by conventional airfoil wings, control surfaces and rudders.
>> However, I have to mount much smaller engines for slower flight speeds,
>> since the primary engines put out way too much thrust to control landings
>> very well, even in Earth's gravity and atmosphere, extremely difficult to
>> control when landing on the Moon or other low gravity/atmosphere
>> planet/moon.
>>
>> In this configuration, going to Brighton Beach Moon base from Cape
>Canaveral
>> takes about an hour or so at 120Kps. Slowing down is not a problem, OI is
>> not a problem. Next test is to fly from Brighton Beach to Olympus, Mars,
>at
>> a test speed of 200Kps.
>>
>> Ok, so it isnt following real world scenarios. But, all things advance.
>NASA
>> has re-opened the space nuclear power research and soon we could see
>either
>> the shuttles or shuttle replacements powered by nuclear reactors, which
in
>> turn provides plenty of juice for HV ion drive engines.
>>
>> I do have one inquery. Is there a way to have such a high velocity ship
>have
>> retro thrusters that automatically adjust their density output based on
>> velocity, and adjust themselves as the velocity changes? Can this be
>applied
>> to the retro, pitch, bank and yaw thrusters as well? Will the engine in
>the
>> sim run such engines in this manner?
>>
>> RFB
>
>
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